26 June 2023
Felix Lee
[FYI request #22970 email]
Tēnā koe Felix,
Official information request HNZ00021242
Thank you for your email on 1 June 2023, asking for the following which has been
considered under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act). Please see below a
response to your request.
- the handbook on running controlled purchase operations for vapes
- statistics over the past year, broken down by region:
- number of total cpo
- number of store passed
- number failed
- number of failed warned/educated
- number of failed issued infringement
- number of failed prosecuted
The table below contains statistics over the past 15 months, broken down by region for the
period 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2023. (The figures for April to June 2023 are not yet
available).
Date
Region
Number of covert
Number of offences
visits (Controlled
for vaping and
Purchase
smokeless tobacco
Operations) seeking
products recorded
Vaping/smokeless
under the Act as a
tobacco products
result of these
within General Vape Controlled Purchase
retailers
Operations visits.
1 July 2022 – 31
Northern
13
Nil
March 2023
1 July 2022 – 31
Te Manawa Taki
103
10
March 2023
(Midland)
1 July 2022 – 31
Central
25
4
March 2023
1 July 2022 – 31
Te Waipounamu
70
4
March 2023
(Southern)
1 January 2022 –
Te Manawa Taki
1
Nil
30 June 2022
(Midland)
Total general Vape
212
18
retailers
Date
Number of covert
Number of offences
visits (Controlled
for vaping and
Purchase
smokeless tobacco
Operations) seeking products recorded
Vaping/smokeless
under the Act as a
tobacco products
result of these
within Specialist
Controlled Purchase
Vape retailers
Operations visits
1 July 2022 – 31
Northern
26
4
March 2023
1 July 2022 – 31
Te Manawa Taki
62
17
March 2023
(Midland)
1 July 2022 – 31
Central
102
11
March 2023
1 July 2022 – 31
Te Waipounamu
45
6
March 2023
(Southern)
1 January 2022 – 30 Northern
Nil
N/A
June 2022
Te Manawa Taki
(Midland)
Nil
N/A
Central
Nil
N/A
Te
Waipounamu
Nil
N/A
(Southern)
Total Specialist
235
38
Vape retailers
These figures are summarised here:
− Number of total CPOs: 447
− Number of stores passed: 391
− Number failed: 56
− Number of failed issued infringement: 52
− Number of failed warned/educated: 4
− Number of failed prosecuted: Nil
Please find attached Chapter 9 (September 2022) controlled purchase operations of the
smokefree compliance and enforcement manual released in full.
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[Health New Zealand request email].
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Becky Jenkins
Director Health Protection
National Public Health Service
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand.
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Te Whatu Ora, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand